Stars & Stripes Forever/Estrellita/Theme From A Summer Place/Granada/Forgotten Dreams/Thunder & Lightning Polka/Zapateado/Londonderry Air/By The Sleepy Lagoon/A Trumpeter’s Lullaby/The Green Leaves Of Summer/The Parade Of Wooden Soldiers
The epitome of easy listening, Mantovani and his cascading strings, produced Concert Spectacular, comprising traditional material combined with some covers of recent hit tunes. (UK:16)
“Mantovani the conductor/musician/arranger interprets such traditional material as the Londonderry Air. This is an enjoyable LP. Mantovani's strings were doing a lot of cascading during his prolific late-'50s/early-'60s period.”
“Mantovani teases the listener with a distinctive waltz time arrangement of the popular Sousa march, Stars & Stripes Forever. Many will shed a tear when they hear the cathedral sound of languorous strings and woodwinds in Danny Boy. This Concert Spectacular offers the listener a plethora of musical imagery. With extraordinary and unique orchestrations, one will feel the fiery excitement of Granada, sense the clash of thunder and lightning in Strauss's Polka, and march step and 'fall' with the Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers.”
“This is the ultimate Mantovani, soothingly wistful moods and evocative melodies that make you want to listen to them with all the attentiveness of a concert goer, a paradigm of which Mantovani was truly the master.”
“Like a breath of fresh air sweeping you back to a time when life was less hectic and romance meant romance.”
“The sound of Mantovani fits perfectly for that moment when you relax, and just enjoy life. Perfect for background music when having friends over for dinner.”
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